Azure Contract Job Trends in South Yorkshire

Microsoft Azure
Yorkshire > South Yorkshire

The table below provides summary statistics and contractor rates for jobs advertised in South Yorkshire requiring Azure skills. It covers contract job vacancies from the 6 months leading up to 19 September 2026, with comparisons to the same periods in the previous two years.

6 months to
19 Sep 2026
Same period 2025 Same period 2024
Rank 11 19 13
Rank change year-on-year +8 -6 0
Contract jobs citing Azure 168 71 53
As % of all contract jobs in South Yorkshire 14.85% 11.11% 11.83%
As % of the Cloud Services category 40.48% 36.22% 36.81%
Number of daily rates quoted 119 53 39
10th Percentile £397 £302 £370
25th Percentile £442 £350 £500
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £518 £450 £535
Median % change year-on-year +15.00% -15.89% -9.78%
75th Percentile £600 £541 £622
90th Percentile £675 £600 £646
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £506
% change year-on-year +5.26% -6.13% -8.00%

All Cloud Computing Skills
South Yorkshire

Azure falls under the Cloud Services category. For comparison with the information above, the following table provides summary statistics for all contract job vacancies requiring cloud computing skills in South Yorkshire.

Contract vacancies with a requirement for cloud computing skills 415 196 144
As % of all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire 36.69% 30.67% 32.14%
Number of daily rates quoted 280 147 95
10th Percentile £353 £279 £270
25th Percentile £447 £354 £425
Median daily rate (50th Percentile) £515 £470 £515
Median % change year-on-year +9.54% -8.74% -13.15%
75th Percentile £600 £538 £589
90th Percentile £675 £604 £642
Yorkshire median daily rate £500 £475 £495
% change year-on-year +5.26% -4.04% -5.71%
Number of hourly rates quoted 1 0 4
10th Percentile - - -
25th Percentile - - £20.50
Median hourly rate £16.00 - £21.50
Median % change year-on-year - - +10.26%
75th Percentile - - £22.00
90th Percentile - - -
Yorkshire median hourly rate £19.00 £200.00 £22.00
% change year-on-year -90.50% +809.09% +3.51%

Azure
Job Vacancy Trend in South Yorkshire

Historical trend showing the proportion of contract IT job postings citing Azure relative to all contract IT jobs advertised in South Yorkshire.

Azure job vacancy trend in South Yorkshire

Azure
Daily Rate Trend in South Yorkshire

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure.

Contractor daily rate distribution trend for jobs in South Yorkshire citing Azure

Azure
Daily Rate Histogram in South Yorkshire

Daily rate distribution for jobs citing Azure in South Yorkshire over the 6 months to 19 September 2026.

Daily rate histogram for Azure in South Yorkshire

Azure
Contract Job Locations in South Yorkshire

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the median contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing Azure within the South Yorkshire region over the 6 months to 19 September 2026. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 6 month period last year.

Location Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Median
Daily Rate
Past 6 Months
Median Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Live
Jobs
Sheffield +9 162 £519 +15.33% 63
Doncaster -6 1 - - 12
Azure
Yorkshire

Azure
Co-Occurring Skills & Capabilities in South Yorkshire by Category

The following tables expand on the one above by listing co-occurrences grouped by category. They cover the same employment type, locality and period, with up to 20 co-occurrences shown in each category:

Application Platforms
1 15 (8.93%) Confluence
2 13 (7.74%) Apache Spark
3 9 (5.36%) SharePoint
4 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Exchange
5 6 (3.57%) Apache
6 4 (2.38%) Apache Airflow
6 4 (2.38%) Apache Superset
7 2 (1.19%) nginx
Applications
1 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Excel
1 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Office
2 1 (0.60%) Microsoft Project
Business Applications
1 1 (0.60%) Payment Gateway
Cloud Services
1 83 (49.40%) AWS
2 73 (43.45%) GCP
3 35 (20.83%) GitHub
4 30 (17.86%) Azure DevOps
5 24 (14.29%) Entra ID
6 22 (13.10%) Microsoft 365
7 15 (8.93%) GitHub Actions
8 13 (7.74%) Power Platform
9 9 (5.36%) Azure Monitor
9 9 (5.36%) Google Kubernetes Engine
10 8 (4.76%) Serverless
11 7 (4.17%) Microsoft Copilot
12 6 (3.57%) AWS CloudFormation
13 5 (2.98%) Azure Data Factory
13 5 (2.98%) Azure Storage
13 5 (2.98%) OpenShift
14 4 (2.38%) GitHub Copilot
14 4 (2.38%) Kong
14 4 (2.38%) LangSmith
14 4 (2.38%) PowerApps
Communications & Networking
1 14 (8.33%) Network Security
2 12 (7.14%) DNS
3 10 (5.95%) Firewall
4 4 (2.38%) VPN
5 3 (1.79%) Kerberos
5 3 (1.79%) NAS
5 3 (1.79%) SAN
6 2 (1.19%) LAN
6 2 (1.19%) Multicast
6 2 (1.19%) Reverse Proxy
6 2 (1.19%) VSAN
6 2 (1.19%) WAN
7 1 (0.60%) DHCP
7 1 (0.60%) Intranet
7 1 (0.60%) NetScaler
7 1 (0.60%) TCP/IP
7 1 (0.60%) VLAN
Database & Business Intelligence
1 14 (8.33%) Big Data
2 12 (7.14%) SQL Server
3 10 (5.95%) Data Lake
3 10 (5.95%) Power BI
4 7 (4.17%) PostgreSQL
5 6 (3.57%) Amazon RDS
5 6 (3.57%) Data Warehouse
6 5 (2.98%) Neo4j
6 5 (2.98%) Redis
6 5 (2.98%) Relational Database
7 4 (2.38%) Metadata
7 4 (2.38%) Trino
8 3 (1.79%) Delta Lake
8 3 (1.79%) Elasticsearch
8 3 (1.79%) NoSQL
9 2 (1.19%) Azure SQL Database
9 2 (1.19%) Flink
9 2 (1.19%) Spark SQL
10 1 (0.60%) BigQuery
10 1 (0.60%) Semantic Layer
Development Applications
1 35 (20.83%) Jenkins
2 23 (13.69%) JIRA
3 13 (7.74%) Git
4 8 (4.76%) GitLab
4 8 (4.76%) Sonatype Nexus
5 5 (2.98%) Bitbucket
6 3 (1.79%) Browser DevTools
6 3 (1.79%) Fiddler
7 2 (1.19%) Claude Code
7 2 (1.19%) Gatling
7 2 (1.19%) JMeter
7 2 (1.19%) Maven
7 2 (1.19%) MSBuild
7 2 (1.19%) Postman
7 2 (1.19%) Selenium
7 2 (1.19%) Terragrunt
7 2 (1.19%) Visual Studio
8 1 (0.60%) JUnit
8 1 (0.60%) LoadRunner
8 1 (0.60%) Newman
General
1 64 (38.10%) Social Skills
2 63 (37.50%) Finance
3 22 (13.10%) Banking
4 19 (11.31%) Analytical Skills
5 9 (5.36%) Financial Institution
6 6 (3.57%) Influencing Skills
7 5 (2.98%) Law
8 4 (2.38%) Documentation Skills
9 3 (1.79%) Inclusion and Diversity
9 3 (1.79%) Legal
9 3 (1.79%) Public Sector
10 2 (1.19%) Billing
11 1 (0.60%) Investment Banking
11 1 (0.60%) Organisational Skills
11 1 (0.60%) Retail
Job Titles
1 28 (16.67%) Lead
2 23 (13.69%) Architect
3 22 (13.10%) DevOps Engineer
4 14 (8.33%) Developer
5 10 (5.95%) Platform Engineer
6 9 (5.36%) Cloud Architect
6 9 (5.36%) Consultant
6 9 (5.36%) Security Engineer
6 9 (5.36%) Senior
7 8 (4.76%) Azure Engineer
7 8 (4.76%) Solutions Architect
8 7 (4.17%) Analyst
8 7 (4.17%) Cloud Engineer
8 7 (4.17%) Cybersecurity Engineer
8 7 (4.17%) Data Engineer
8 7 (4.17%) Software Engineer
9 6 (3.57%) Cloud Infrastructure Architect
9 6 (3.57%) Cloud Solutions Architect
9 6 (3.57%) Lead DevOps
9 6 (3.57%) Lead DevOps Engineer
Libraries, Frameworks & Software Standards
1 53 (31.55%) Terraform
2 24 (14.29%) REST
3 16 (9.52%) Kafka
4 15 (8.93%) OAuth
5 13 (7.74%) .NET
6 12 (7.14%) OpenID
7 11 (6.55%) OAuth2
7 11 (6.55%) React
8 10 (5.95%) SailPoint
8 10 (5.95%) SAML
9 9 (5.36%) ASP.NET
10 8 (4.76%) AngularJS
10 8 (4.76%) JSON
10 8 (4.76%) Spring
10 8 (4.76%) Spring Boot
11 7 (4.17%) .NET Core
11 7 (4.17%) Web Services
12 6 (3.57%) FIDO
13 5 (2.98%) LDAP
13 5 (2.98%) PySpark
Miscellaneous
1 35 (20.83%) Cloud Native
2 19 (11.31%) Data Protection Act
3 18 (10.71%) Enterprise Software
4 12 (7.14%) Onboarding
5 11 (6.55%) Data Centre
6 10 (5.95%) AI Agents
7 6 (3.57%) Cyber Threat
7 6 (3.57%) Linux Command Line
7 6 (3.57%) Self-Motivation
8 5 (2.98%) Replication
9 4 (2.38%) Autonomous Agent
9 4 (2.38%) Distributed Systems
9 4 (2.38%) Enterprise Storage
9 4 (2.38%) Hybrid Cloud
9 4 (2.38%) PKI
9 4 (2.38%) Public Cloud
10 3 (1.79%) Cyber Security Posture
10 3 (1.79%) Greenfield Project
10 3 (1.79%) Mobile App
10 3 (1.79%) Product Ownership
Operating Systems
1 15 (8.93%) Linux
1 15 (8.93%) Windows
2 13 (7.74%) Windows Server
3 3 (1.79%) AIX
3 3 (1.79%) Android
3 3 (1.79%) Apple iOS
3 3 (1.79%) Data ONTAP
4 2 (1.19%) Red Hat Enterprise Linux
5 1 (0.60%) CoreOS
5 1 (0.60%) Unix
5 1 (0.60%) VMS
Processes & Methodologies
1 89 (52.98%) CI/CD
2 85 (50.60%) DevOps
3 58 (34.52%) Cybersecurity
4 48 (28.57%) Infrastructure as Code
5 45 (26.79%) Observability
6 35 (20.83%) AI
6 35 (20.83%) Platform Engineering
7 33 (19.64%) DevSecOps
8 32 (19.05%) Analytics
8 32 (19.05%) Stakeholder Management
9 30 (17.86%) Agile
10 28 (16.67%) Microservices
11 26 (15.48%) Continuous Improvement
11 26 (15.48%) Problem-Solving
12 25 (14.88%) Cloud Security
12 25 (14.88%) Software Engineering
13 24 (14.29%) Test Automation
14 23 (13.69%) RBAC
15 22 (13.10%) Containerisation
15 22 (13.10%) Data Engineering
Programming Languages
1 59 (35.12%) Python
2 40 (23.81%) Java
3 31 (18.45%) SQL
4 26 (15.48%) PowerShell
5 13 (7.74%) C#
6 10 (5.95%) Bash
7 9 (5.36%) Shell Script
8 8 (4.76%) Bicep
9 7 (4.17%) Groovy
9 7 (4.17%) JavaScript
10 5 (2.98%) Go
10 5 (2.98%) Kotlin
11 4 (2.38%) Kusto Query Language
12 3 (1.79%) TypeScript
13 1 (0.60%) C
13 1 (0.60%) Cypher
13 1 (0.60%) Scala
Qualifications
1 14 (8.33%) Degree
2 10 (5.95%) AWS Certification
3 9 (5.36%) Azure Certification
3 9 (5.36%) CISSP
4 7 (4.17%) (ISC)2 CCSP
4 7 (4.17%) CCSP
4 7 (4.17%) Cisco Certification
4 7 (4.17%) CISM
4 7 (4.17%) Computer Science Degree
5 6 (3.57%) CCSK
6 5 (2.98%) Microsoft Certification
7 4 (2.38%) VMware Certified Professional (VCP)
8 3 (1.79%) BPSS Clearance
8 3 (1.79%) NCDA
8 3 (1.79%) NCIE
9 2 (1.19%) PMI Certification
9 2 (1.19%) PMP
9 2 (1.19%) Security Cleared
10 1 (0.60%) CISA
10 1 (0.60%) SSCP
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 9 (5.36%) QA
2 8 (4.76%) NIST
3 6 (3.57%) PCI DSS
4 5 (2.98%) ISO/IEC 27001
5 3 (1.79%) Data Quality
5 3 (1.79%) GRC
5 3 (1.79%) HIPAA
5 3 (1.79%) SOC 2
6 2 (1.19%) GDPR
6 2 (1.19%) PMO
7 1 (0.60%) ISO 20022
7 1 (0.60%) ISO/IEC 42001
System Software
1 32 (19.05%) Docker
2 29 (17.26%) Active Directory
3 9 (5.36%) Virtual Machines
4 7 (4.17%) Hyper-V
4 7 (4.17%) VMware Infrastructure
5 3 (1.79%) EMC RecoverPoint
5 3 (1.79%) SRDF
5 3 (1.79%) vSphere
6 2 (1.19%) NFS
6 2 (1.19%) VMware ESXi
7 1 (0.60%) Active Directory Lightweight Directory Services
7 1 (0.60%) Ceph
7 1 (0.60%) Oracle RAC
7 1 (0.60%) XenApp
Systems Management
1 61 (36.31%) Kubernetes
2 22 (13.10%) Ansible
3 14 (8.33%) Prometheus
4 13 (7.74%) Grafana
5 7 (4.17%) Kustomize
5 7 (4.17%) Single Sign-On
6 4 (2.38%) Systems Management Server (SMS)
7 3 (1.79%) Active Directory Federation Services
7 3 (1.79%) Argo
7 3 (1.79%) EMC VPLEX
7 3 (1.79%) Packer
7 3 (1.79%) SnapMirror
7 3 (1.79%) vCenter Server
8 2 (1.19%) EMC NetWorker
8 2 (1.19%) Microsoft Intune
8 2 (1.19%) NetBackup
8 2 (1.19%) Progress Chef
8 2 (1.19%) SnapVault
9 1 (0.60%) QRadar
9 1 (0.60%) WMI
Vendors
1 54 (32.14%) Microsoft
2 19 (11.31%) Databricks
3 10 (5.95%) CyberArk
3 10 (5.95%) Google
4 9 (5.36%) ServiceNow
5 7 (4.17%) OpenAI
5 7 (4.17%) Splunk
5 7 (4.17%) VMware
6 6 (3.57%) Centrify
6 6 (3.57%) Cisco
6 6 (3.57%) Okta
7 5 (2.98%) Red Hat
8 4 (2.38%) Palo Alto
8 4 (2.38%) Veeam
9 3 (1.79%) 3PAR
9 3 (1.79%) Brocade
9 3 (1.79%) Dell
9 3 (1.79%) EMC
9 3 (1.79%) IBM
9 3 (1.79%) NetApp